The end......

[MX45]

if it happens, you'll get $100 from me 


Im serious.

[Daniel Ahlgren]

me to 

[VMX_SKYmx99]

Bruce you're getting me excited.  lol   

[AMA_DirtTwister]

It think it would be "UnWheel".

For Christmas I got the book "Mastering UnReal Technology" and the game UnReal Tournament 2004 Editor's Choice.   I've been looking around at the  "UnWheel" mod.  The UnReal engine let's you use dispmaps for terrain. 

I don't know how viable it is but it is one of my pet projects for the next couple of months to scope out what the possibilities are.

Bruce

[ATR_RaTaX2]

if any other genius' can help heres some stuff about the unwheel mod 
http://unwheel.beyondunreal.com/

[VMX_krazyman821]

Hell,I would throw in $500 myself!!!!

[metal_miracle]

this engine uses bump map rendering  http://www.devmaster.net/engines/engine_details.php?id=3

[VMX_SKYmx99]

So whats that do metal?  If that for desiging you own game?

[AMA_DirtTwister]

I've had that engine for about a year.  When I was first messing with it the engine didn't support the size dispmap that i would like.  If I remember correctly it was only doing about a 256x256 that repeated.  I looked into extending  it and didn't really have the time to mess with it.  Some others were working on it and I hoped that they would get some where.  I haven't looked at it for a bit.  I should check out what updates have been done.   It is the game engine that Tribes 1 & 2 was written in.

Bruce

[BPh]

if it happens, you'll get $100 from me 


Im serious.

Me too.

[ATR_RaTaX2]

That Torque game maker looks like it has alot of potential after reading the reviews, ive found some to download but there all dead at the moment, if i find one il be sure to share:)

[ATR_RaTaX2]

i cudnt seee the modify button but heres a demo anyways

http://www.garagegames.com/pg/demo.php?id=1

[MotoX395]

Instead of sending money if something like this was made I'd put down my heart, soul, wallet and potential to give the game a worthy central instead, unless kam did so or something ofcourse. If so then I'd just donate for the development like everyone else instead. ^_^
Even though the shutdown of mcm2 central feels like a big push in the wrong direction, mcm2 will never die for me, atleast not untill something better comes along the road.

[VRT_Moto]

So let me get this straight Bruce, you are working to make MX Tracks with this UnWheel game engine? As you can tell, I'm still under my rock keeping out of trouble. 

-Moto

[AMA_DirtTwister]

I'm exploring the UnReal game engine to make racing games of all kinds that includes MX.  I also have the Torque game engine and at this time it's 3D terrain capabilities are less than ideal. 

I've yet to mess with the UnReal game engine except to try UnWheel.  The first step is to put some of my tracks into it and see what I can do with the vehicles.

With what Twisted DIRT has done so far with MCM 2 we are missing the following pieces from being able to do our own game.  Real time 3D Terrain rendering, Network, and physics.  Two of the three MCM 2 does and the third we don't like how MCM 2 does it.    A lot of the network play is handled by Microsoft's Direct Play but it doesn't get you all the way there.

Those three things require a lot of work to do properly and we don't really have the time to do them.  The longer it takes someone to come out with a new game that does what we want the close we will be to doing it ourselves. 

I loaded up one of my tracks into the Torque game engine and decided that it's built-in 3D terrain capability isn't sufficient to pursue furtherr.  I'm now doing the same with UnReal.  I figure at the minimum I'll be able to experiment with physics. 

I think at some point we will be able to come up with a universal vehicle simulator that allows you to race unless someone does it before us.

What I hate is that I think Rainbow already has one that's pretty good.  The level that they have achieved with ATV Off Road Fury 2 and MXU is sufficient for my needs.  They just need to release it and include the ability to customize the physics of the models that you add to it.

Bruce